Hipkins gives little away on attitude to climate change

By Jeremy Rose

Compared to Jacinda Ardern’s much quoted declaration that climate change was “our generation’s nuclear-free moment”, new prime minister Chris Hipkins’ comments on the subject to date have been decidedly anodyne.

“Climate change remains one of the major intergenerational challenges we face as a country and as a planet and we owe it to future generations to continue to work to make sure we are tackling the challenge of climate change. That’s not going to change,” Hipkins replied to a question about climate change in his first press conference as the leader of the Labour Party.